Welcome to Our Unit on the Planets

Here you will find content links and information to help you learn about our solar system.

The Solar System

First stop the sun.
The sun is a medium - sized star found at the center of our solar system. All eight planets, including Earth orbit or revolve around the sun. The sun is basically a huge ball of fire. It is made up of about 70% hydrogen and 30% helium. Scientists believe that the sun has been burning for about 4.5 billion years and that it will continue to burn for another 4.5 billlion years. This makes it a middle age star.

Objectives

• Click on the following link and read the short section on the sun. You will need to scroll down a little to get to it. http://www.kidsastronomy.com/our_sun.htm
• Write a paragraph about the sun. Be sure to include information from what you have just read.